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ranger9782

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Hi, I'm looking to build a gaming rig for my little brother, but want to stay in the 500-700 $ range.

What's the best that I can get? I was looking at the FX processors, are they worth it? Or should I go i3?
 
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It really depends. If the OP is using 4+ core optimized programs or if he / she is using 2 core optimized programs.
The FX are 4/6/8 WEAK cores.
The Intel I are 2-4/4-4/4-8 FAST cores (cores-threads)
If you have a game that uses 4 cores the i3 will probably win due to it's hyper-threading yet a 6/8 core optimized game will run better on an AMD FX / i5.

As you can see here: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/697?vs=363
an I5-2400 (4 cores @3.1GHz) mostly beats an AMD FX 8350 (8 cores @4GHz)

As for a build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2941y
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It really depends. If the OP is using 4+ core optimized programs or if he / she is using 2 core optimized programs.
The FX are 4/6/8 WEAK cores.
The Intel I are 2-4/4-4/4-8 FAST cores (cores-threads)
If you have a game that uses 4 cores the i3 will probably win due to it's hyper-threading yet a 6/8 core optimized game will run better on an AMD FX / i5.

As you can see here: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/697?vs=363
an I5-2400 (4 cores @3.1GHz) mostly beats an AMD FX 8350 (8 cores @4GHz)

As for a build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2941y
 
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According to the those benchmarks i5 beats FX in those games who dont requires more than 4 cores. i5 can provide what those games want. i know that the cores of intel's processor are faster than AMD's processors but what about latest games and what about the future proof gaming ?
Do you really think that i5 will beat FX in upcoming games that requires 4 or more than 4 cores :D ?
 
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From what I've heard the 6300 (the one I'm getting) can be overclocked by quite a bit. It depends on what you want to do on the system. (I know you have gaming on there but video editing could be another reason!)
 
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It would beat it up to games that use 6 or more cores and you get the upgrade-ability to an i7 in the future. Not to mention the power usage difference!
 
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